Fertility 2.0 - Black Rock City is a kind of Petri dish. Theme camps cling in fertile clusters to its latticework of streets, artworks tumble out of it, like pollen on the air. These nodes of interaction mutate, grow and reproduce their kind. Burning Man communities have now escaped this capsule world: our culture in a Petri dish has effloresced - it spreads across five continents. This year's art theme contemplates the tendency of any being or living system to create abundant life.

Ugly Dougly wrote:Camp idea brainstorm for camp:Large artificial flowers placed all over the playa. Pick up your bee costume at honeycomb camp. The bee that visits the largest number of flowers "wins".

Is the prize a trip to the top of hte lighthouse?

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

Ugly Dougly wrote:Camp idea brainstorm for camp:Large artificial flowers placed all over the playa. Pick up your bee costume at honeycomb camp. The bee that visits the largest number of flowers "wins".

I cant stop laughing at the chick with the homer tattoo... If she ever gives birth homer will be hacking up something very disturbing... but it might be interesting to record it and play it in reverse om..nom...nom...!

I expected something a little more...muchier....I feel like fertility has lost its muchness and it could've been something better. but oh well ill go with btw I think the picture roberto posted should be the picture on the tickets

I try to keep myself open to things I cannot change, but this theme is just odd. Too complicated, too esoteric, too intellectual. It seems as though they are really reaching on this one, but I can appreciate the effort that must have been put into it. I like the more uncomplicated themes, I.e. The Body, or the year of the planets. Simple and concrete. Easy to get behind and express and celebrate. But, that said, I appreciate all efforts the staff make in order for us to celebrate! I will do so despite the odd theme. See you all at home!!

Ugly Dougly wrote:Camp idea brainstorm for camp:Large artificial flowers placed all over the playa. Pick up your bee costume at honeycomb camp. The bee that visits the largest number of flowers "wins".

Is the prize a trip to the top of hte lighthouse?

Uh-oh. Larry's cribbing from Dougly. That makes things....

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

Yes it's official and no, there isn't. But as with any year's theme, you're free to ignore it and create and bring out whatever awesome masterpiece you like. Each year there's some great theme art, but some equally awesome stuff that has nothing to do with it at all.

There are about 170 of them here, from various cultures/religions, with lots of different co-associations (pregnancy, agriculture, and sex are the obvious ones; but also war, drunkenness, dance, death, disease, medicine, crafts, fire, snakes, rainbows, flowers, beauty, and virginity). If you're interested in exploring the mythical/mystical aspects of fertility, there are many interesting and unexpected options to choose from. This could be an interesting starting point.

If you want drama to stop following you everywhere, try letting go of the leash.